Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech to G7 leaders at the international summit in Cornwall, England, June 13, 2021. Photo from Twitter. The Trudeau government’s willingness to curtail Employment…
I’ve just written a 13-city scan of homelessness planning across Canada. A summary of the report is available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/innovation-in-homelessness-system-planning-a-scan-of-13-canadian-cities/
There is no question that Quebec enjoys a special place in the hearts of all Canadians. It is a province rich with our history. Its contribution to the culture and…
Many of Alberta’s highest-decibel conservative loudmouths were by turns appalled and furious yesterday at the outcome of Monday’s province-wide municipal elections. The votes saw progressive mayors and councils elected in…
Cluttered cats.
Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca One of the first actions taken by Premier Doug Ford after he won a majority government in 2018 with only 40% of the Ontario…
Ward 4 has its unofficial results and the gap between the incumbent and myself is only 52 votes. We are in the process of making an application for a recount…
If there was a natural successor to retiring mayor Naheed Nenshi it would be Jyoti Gondek. Like Nenshi she is well educated (Ph.D. in urban sociology) with a thorough grasp…
Ottawa is Canada’s capital, in terms of government and in terms of shawarma. We have a longstanding Lebanese community that has ran shawarma shops across the city going back several…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Gary Mason writes that Saskatchewan and Alberta are tragically showing the rest of the country what a COVID-19 disaster looks like. CBC…
The mayor of Toronto, like other 20th century mayors, believes in mystical solutions to urban problems. In the 21st century smart mayors are shedding the myths and make-believe thinking around…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: As Ontario’s rent freeze ends, this GTA tenant says she’s facing a 21 per cent increase via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The venerable centenarian, James Lovelock, inspired an almost cultish following with his Gaia Theory. He proposed that organic life interacted with the inorganic Earth causing Earth itself to mimic organic…
Joe Biden’s climate change agenda is hanging by a thread. And Senator Joe Manchin — the Democratic senator from West Virginia — holds that thread. Manchin wants Biden to ditch…
He is an American who gets it: Dallas Mavericks and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban was asked on a sports talk show why he is one of the few owners…
To a reader on my web site, I shared a bit of the talk I'll give to Trudeau-era staff: “By staying (For a pay cheque? For status?) you didn’t just…
After my last post, I was informed about a similar incident of disrespectful behaviour during a previous public council meeting this year. It’s also by Councillor Bob “Lapdog” Madigan. And…
Forest defenders sit at the foot of an old-growth tree in Fairy Creek, BC. Photo by @Focus.wandering/Instagram. Twenty-eight years ago, I woke before dawn in a rain-sodden tent within a…
It looks like Ontario will have only one new electoral district after the coming ten-year redistribution of ridings, according to the latest census of Canada. It will also be an…
